When considered in light of the scriptures above, the reader ought to recognize that the acceptance or rejection of Adam-God teachings is of enormous salvific importance: if Adam-God teachings are not true, then Brigham Young was clearly a false prophet, worthy of death under Deuteronomic law, and accepting those teachings will damn the believer. Further, all the prophets of the LDS Church who followed in Brigham’s footsteps must be viewed with a great degree of suspicion because each of them had recognized and publicly acknowledged Brigham Young was a prophet of God. This is the position of the anti-Mormons and, if their claims are true and Adam-God teachings are false, then their conclusion logically follows from their premises and the modern LDS Church is in a terribly compromised position. Of course, this conclusion relies upon the assumption that Brigham Young was not misquoted and/or was not speculating – the accuracy of this position should be well established as extremely reliable and academically acceptable given the evidence put forth in this volume.

Although it may not be particularly palatable to the average fundamentalist, the contrasting position may not be at patently offensive in the eyes of God. That is, if Adam-God teachings are true, rejecting them by accepting the modern LDS Church’s theological position may not necessarily constitute the worship of a false god because the modern LDS Church worships Elohim, who, according to Adam-God teachings, is a god (or gods) superior to Adam. Although this Elohim may not be identifiable as the only true God (according to Adam-God teachings), He is a god that Adam worships and is therefore not a false god and therefore the worship of this being may not be punishable under the standards set forth by the above scriptures. While the opposing argument can rationally be made as well, the conclusion is more academic on its face. That is, a reasonable person could understand either position to be correct. Ultimately, however, the consequences are not academic at all – salvation relies upon a correct understanding of these principles and the reader must arrive at the correct answer or risk everlasting peril to their soul.